Turth #25 - We have been shaped by God, exactly as He wants! Job 8-10

Job 10:10-12
‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

Job is in the midst of one of the worse cases of pain and suffering we have in recorded history.  He has lost his standing in the community, he has lost all of his wealth, he has lost all of his children, he has lost the respect of his friends and his wife, he has lost most of his health.    And, yet, in the midst of this trial and tribulation, Job recognizes the greatness of God in His creation of Job.   In the above verses we have a metaphor the birth of Job.   It is a picture of Job in the womb being created and shaped by God.   Notice how Job's description sounds similar to what David wrote in Psalm 139:

Psalms 139:14-16
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

We have an identity crisis in our society.   Everyone is trying to figure out "who they are."   Job has no such crisis.  He knows who he is.  Despite his horrendous circumstances, Job knows exactly who he is and what he is about.  He has been fashioned by God and is the creation of a loving God, created for God's good pleasure.   God has granted him life and lovingkindness.   Job does not doubt in the dark what he knows to be true in the light.   God has created him, therefore God can do with him what He pleases.   The truth that God has formed each of us to be just what we are, is a great truth to hold and praise God.   He has made us and shaped us and formed us.    Our ears might look large to us, but just right to God.  Our height may not be our choice but it is Gods.   Our hips might be to wide for the magazine cover, but they are exactly what God intended when He shaped us in the womb for His glory and by His lovingkindness.  The truth is we have been shaped by God!!